Rock Sailing Club
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The Converted Warehouse in Rock Cornwall. In 1936 the Rogers family called a meeting at the Roskarnon Hotel to discuss the formation of a new Club. Racing started in 1938
The founding father of the Club was Rear Admiral H H Rogers who served as the first Commodore from 1938 to 1953. His Cornish wife “Aggie” was a formidable sportswoman, representing Cornwall in golf, tennis and shooting, who also won many races in Falmouth in her 18 foot fixed keel gaff topsail cutter! Their son, Cecil, was a top class racing helmsman and the three of them virtually ran the Club in the early years as Commodore, Treasurer and Secretary respectively.
Another contributor in these early years was Major Pyne, known as “Maister”, who owned Gentle Jane, the house and beach on the estuary, from 1935 and lived there from 1940. He suggested the Club might like to use the beach for starting and finishing races and so Gentle Jane became the home of the Club for the first 14 years of its existence. http://www.rswsc.co.uk
